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The latest Community Dashboard from Jisc’s Analytics Labs, via HESA’s Heidi Plus HE intelligence platform, is an HE institution quality healthcheck, from a team led by QAA.

HESA has released statistics for UK HE providers, including alternative providers, showing the proportion of undergraduate entrants from state schools and low participation neighbourhoods. The experimental statistics also include non-continuation rates for full-time entrants in 2015/16. Originally published on 27 March 2018, further tables were added on 19 April 2018.

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The first deadline for the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) is approaching. All courses in the UCAS system offered for autumn 2019 entry need to be submitted to UCAS using the new framework by 8 May.

The latest HE Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey reveals the extent of UK universities’ engagement in the economy and the application of their work outside of academic environments. Results reveal over 4,000 new graduate start-ups in 2016/17.

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The HE Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey reveals the extent of UK universities’ engagement in the economy and the application of their work outside of academic environments. Results reveal over 4,000 new graduate start-ups in 2016/17

Following significant changes to some of our data releases, Open Data Champion Izzy Budd reflects on the feedback we've received to date and outlines our plans for the future.

Matthew Lane from the Open University gives a second view as an Alpha participant and lessons learnt so far.

The shift to Graduate Outcomes marks a significant change in the data collected on the destinations and outcomes of graduates. In this blog three providers set out what action they're taking.

Analytics Labs and Community Dashboards, developed by Jisc with HESA, have been shortlisted in the Analytics Project of the Year category in the National Technology Awards 2018.

HESA and Jisc are launching Community Dashboard Betas – to enable Heidi Plus users to review and provide feedback on prototype dashboards which have been produced ‘by the sector, for the sector’.